Matthew A. Cherry

Matthew A. Cherry

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Born 1981-12-14 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.4
Matthew A. Cherry is an American film director, writer, producer, and former American football player. He wrote and directed two independent films, The Last Fall (2012), and 9 Rides (2016), and is currently an executive at Monkeypaw Productions. He is best known for the animated short film, Hair Love, which was picked up by Sony Pictures Animation in March 2019 for distribution. The Kickstarter campaign for Hair Love...
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Matthew A. Cherry is an American film director, writer, producer, and former American football player. He wrote and directed two independent films, The Last Fall (2012), and 9 Rides (2016), and is currently an executive at Monkeypaw Productions. He is best known for the animated short film, Hair Love, which was picked up by Sony Pictures Animation in March 2019 for distribution. The Kickstarter campaign for Hair Love raised over $200,000 and broke the record for the highest amount raised for any short film on the platform.

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Clean Slate poster
Clean Slate
as Director
2025-02-06
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Young Love poster
Young Love
as Executive Producer, Writer
2023-09-21
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Grand Crew poster
Grand Crew
as Director
2021-12-14
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Abbott Elementary poster
Abbott Elementary
as Director
2021-12-07
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Swagger poster
Swagger
as Director
2021-10-29
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The Wonder Years poster
The Wonder Years
as Director
2021-09-22
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Saved by the Bell poster
Saved by the Bell
as Director
2020-11-25
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mixed-ish poster
mixed-ish
as Director
2019-09-24
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